Chapter 51: Muddy the Waters

Zhou Nan naturally did not know that Yannick and Jean-Nord at home, as well as Lady Hemstra, would send Audrey to Paris, and his purpose was to let Lady Hemstra return to Arnhem and let the people there concoct a few pieces of news that were favorable to him.

Everyone is always accustomed to thinking about problems with their own cognition and experience, and Zhou Nan's own experience and experience are much worse than the three of them, let alone the decisions made by the three of them.

Of course, Zhou Nan is not without his own advantages, he has a wealth of knowledge and experience in his memory, but for him, it is like watching a movie about his life at a certain level. It is easy to learn from that knowledge, but it is not so easy to make it your own.

If those experiences become his own, then his shortcomings will only be decision-making.

He has a gentle personality, but it doesn't mean he's stupid, he's inexperienced, but he has a dream experience to use. But in another life, he just went with the flow all his life, and rarely made a decisive opinion on his own, which could not be solved even if he fused all the knowledge and experience in his dream.

Therefore, he can only be a military advisor, staff officer and the like, or in other words, he can play the role of a leader at the helm, but he can never be an executor.

Thankfully, Yannick used to have him, and now he has the likes of Nord, Lady Hemstra, and Stolko to help him, so that he never has to rush to the front line himself.

Counting on him to face the wind and rain himself, a few more characters like Thomas will come out, and he may only be able to bear it passively.

Zhou Nan was very aware of his shortcomings, so he arranged the affairs and stopped thinking about it.

On the way to Paris, he and Fèvre sat in a car, still exchanging the doctrine of the Annals school founded by Fèvre.

Using the mature theories of the Annals School to suppress the theories just established by Favre will only crush them in all directions.

This is Zhou Nan's forte, and after just two days of contact, Favre no longer has any doubts about Zhou Nan's talent, and has turned into a worship.

can be admired by such a scholar, Zhou Nan's originally depressed heart has also become broader.

Now, as long as academics are not completely suppressed and crushed, he is invincible, and everything else is a small section.

But if you want to defeat him by relying on academic theories, Zhou Nan believes that no one can do it now.

It was almost 500 kilometers from Strasbourg to Paris, and they set out in the morning and did not enter the center of Paris until late afternoon.

Since Paris became an undefended city during World War II, the city did not suffer much damage during the war. Compared to many cities that have been razed to the ground, the people here are much happier.

At this time, Paris did not account for almost half of the resources of the whole of France, as in later generations, but at least in terms of education, the educational resources of Paris alone accounted for almost half of the entire country.

There are many universities in Paris, and among the famous universities in France, Paris occupies six places in the top ten. Even if Lyon claims to be a city of education, at least in terms of educational resources, it is far inferior to Paris.

The most important stop of Zhou Nan's trip to France this time is Paris. As long as his doctrine could be recognized by the people of Paris, the whole of France would have won most of it.

Parisians are proud, and the whole of France, except Paris, is all countryside.

It's a lot like South Korea, where the capital owns half of the country's resources, but it's just not as extreme.

Most of the universities in Paris are located in the 7th and 6th arrondissements of the city center, and there are no less than ten universities on the left bank of the Seine, around the Jardin du Luxembourg.

Zhou Nan will stay here for about a week, because the schools where he will give lectures include Sciences Po, the École Nationale d'Administration, the University of Paris IV, the École Normale Supérieure de Paris, the University of Paris 5 and the University of Paris X.

With the exception of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, which trains officials in France, the social sciences of the other five universities occupy five of the top six positions in the entire French social sciences, and the only one that slips through the net is the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, which is ranked fourth.

In this, the position of Sciences Po is unparalleled. Even in the whole world, there is no problem that their political science, social science, and international relations disciplines are among the top five in the world combined.

Almost all politicians in France have graduated from this university, and in Zhou Nan's memory, after World War II, all prime ministers came from this university, and six of the seven presidents graduated from this university.

Of course, Zhou Nan didn't think about having a relationship with them, because the French politicians that Zhou Nan was more familiar with in his memory were either not born yet, or they were still children.

After conquering this place, the French politicians in the future will have to hold their books to study, and because of this alone, their impression of the ancient country of the East will not be too bad.

Of course, it is also possible that because he needs to memorize too much and memorize too much, he will be scolded by countless students behind his back. However, if it gets to that point, he will be happy to be scolded.

The hotel they stayed at was a luxury hotel on Avenue Saint-Germain, where de Ville, the coordinator of the Liberal Democratic Party in Paris, several well-connected media outlets, and liaison officers from relevant schools were already waiting for them in Zhounan.

Of course, those French people paid more attention to Fèvre, who came to Paris with Zhou Nan, and he was also the pride of the French people.

Although it was getting late, no one could afford to eat. Everyone is waiting for Zhou Nan's statement, if Zhou Nan really helped the Nazis suppress the Dutch, no matter how talented he is, the French side will cancel Zhou Nan's speech itinerary.

The Nazis had just been defeated, and the whole world was now denazifying. Anything that had anything to do with the Nazis was now being suppressed. It doesn't matter if you are a businessman, a farmer, a worker, or a politician.

The literati hold the role of public opinion guidance, and they are the profession that everyone pays attention to. No matter how good Zhou Nan's doctrine is, it can help countless people, but Zhou Nan should not expect to be recognized by others by relying on this.

If the evidence of Zhou Nan's evil deeds is really found, although the prison is overcrowded now, it can also make room for him.

The conference hall of the hotel has already been prepared, and when he entered the city, Fèvre had already sat back in his car, and at this time when Zhou Nan had not yet clarified, even he had to avoid suspicion first.

Zhou Nan also deliberately put on an antique robe and a pair of bloomers in the car, tied around his waist with a ribbon of the same color. This bizarre outfit shocked everyone. As soon as he got out of the car, he was surrounded by reporters, and the reporters were excited, and the flashing lights crackled.

He wore this dress not to sensationalize, but to guide purposefully. He just wants to deliberately lead the media's accusations against him to racial discrimination. Although the effect will not be very good, it is still useful to divert the direction of public opinion in the media.

He did serve the Germans, and although he did not bully the Dutch, he was not so honorable. Therefore, deliberately muddying the waters can also lead the direction of public opinion in the media to deeper disputes.

finally squeezed into the hall, and Zhou Nan was arranged to take a break in a small room next to the venue, waiting for everyone to get ready.

In Paris, not only the radio station, but also the newspapers and periodicals came to a large number of people, and even the television station arranged for someone to erect a camera in the middle of the venue.

In this era, cameras are still behemoths, and photographers need to choose strong people to be able to carry them. Except for films, most TV shows are filmed with the camera fixed in one position.

Etinny and Pierre assisted Deville in arranging the venue, but Stolko had already made an appointment with a few political donors from the Paris side and returned to the room that had been arranged long ago.

Zhou Nan was alone in the room, and read the letter to the French people that he drafted on the road again, because he was in a hurry, his open letter also borrowed a lot of classic speeches, including a fragment of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream".

Then, he calmed down, expelled all distractions, and emptied his mind.

When the meeting was arranged, Etinny knocked on the door, opened it a crack, and leaned in halfway through. "Jonas, let's get started."

Zhou Nan put the written manuscript into his coat pocket, tidied up the scholarly robe on his body, and stood in front of the microphone at the front desk in everyone's eyes.

"Today is my first time in Paris, and before I came, I was full of anticipation and longing for the city. I want to see this place of enlightenment of modern thought, this birthplace of a large number of thinkers and philosophers, this city of culture known for its free thought. However, before I arrived in this city, I already felt the malice and ridicule of this city, and the rejection of a loyal believer who regarded this place as a temple of culture and thought. ”

"What is this for? Is it because my doctrine has touched the souls of some people? Is my doctrine offensive to the interests of some people? There are still people who think that my doctrine is simply the sludge at the bottom of the Seine, the ghast under Notre Dame Cathedral, so they want to drive me out as a heretic in the first place! I don't know when France, which is known for its free thinking, and France, which claims to be the birthplace of modern civilization, will no longer be able to accommodate a humble newcomer! ”

The text reporters also quickly wrote down Zhou Nan's words in the shorthand book, but at this time, they were all shocked and forgot to put pen to paper, because Zhou Nan actually fired the map cannon at the beginning. Dragging the whole of Paris, and even the whole of France, into the water, is something that no one expected at first.

However, the camera still faithfully records Zhou Nan's words and deeds......